Uber rape victim hires high-profile US lawyer to sue company

Douglas Widgor most famously represented Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel
maid who settled for a rumoured $6 million with former IMF chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2012 over an alleged case of sexual assault.

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January 8, 2015

UPDATED: January 16, 2015 16:03 IST

Uber taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav

Uber taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav

The 25-year-old woman, who was allegedly raped by an Uber cab driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, in December last year, has now decided to sue the taxi service for negligence in the US.

According to a Firstpost.com report , she has hired Douglas Wigdor, one of New York's most high-profile lawyers, to represent her in the case. Wigdor is looking at asking the US court to exercise jurisdiction in the case since Uber is headquartered in California.

Douglas Widgor most famously represented Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel maid who settled for a rumoured $6 million with former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2012 over an alleged case of sexual assault.

Earlier this week, the victim had recognised Yadav inside the courtroom during one of the hearings in the case. The woman had shouted "He is the beast who raped me" inside New Delhi's Tiz Hazari court, Delhi Police said in its chargesheet. The court later framed rape and other charges against the Uber cab driver.

Yadav, 32, allegedly raped the woman in the cab she hired to head back home in North Delhi's Inderlok area on December 5 night.

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